A Study of the Administration of Justice in Indian Country

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Inspector General has documented serious deficiencies in institutions for incarceration of adults and juveniles in Indian country. In response to a direction from Congress in the Consolidated Appropriation Act, 2005, Public Law (PL) 108-447, to study conditions of confinement in Indian Country detention facilities and the factors that exacerbate those conditions, the Regents of the University of California will address these concerns and challenges by looking beyond the operation of the detention facilities themselves, and will examine how the legal and administrative arrangements for law enforcement and criminal justice in Indian country may generate or exacerbate such conditions. nca/ncf